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A mystifying climatic incongruity begins the award-winning novel Lenin's Kisses - an absurdist, tragicomic masterpiece set in modern-day China.
Nestled deep within the Balou mountains, spared from the government's watchful eye, the harmonious people of Liven had enough food and leisure to be fully content. But when their crops and livelihood are obliterated by a seven-day snowstorm in the middle of a sweltering summer, a county official arrives with a lucrative scheme both to raise money for the district and to boost his career.
The majority of the 197 villagers are disabled, and he convinces them to start a traveling performance troupe highlighting such acts as One-Eye's one-eyed needle threading. With the profits from this extraordinary show, he intends to buy Lenin's embalmed corpse from Russia and install it in a grand mausoleum to attract tourism: the ultimate marriage of capitalism and communism. However, the success of the Shuanghuai County Special-Skills Performance Troupe comes at a serious price.
Yan Lianke, one of China's most distinguished writers - whose works often push the envelope of his country's censorship system - delivers a humorous, daring, and riveting portrait of the trappings and consequences of greed and corruption at the heart of humanity.
©2004 Yan Lianke. English translation copyright 2012 by Carlos Rojas. Recorded by arrangement with Grove Atlantic, Inc. (P)2014 Audible Inc.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic story. Well read.
- De Jfm en 02-20-16
De: Lucia Jang, y otros
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The Winemaker
- De: Noah Gordon
- Narrado por: Jamie Renell
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
From the author of The Physician and Shaman now comes this story of a young man - the grapes he grows, the wine he fashions, the women he loves, and his struggle against an evil that seeks to destroy him. Josep Alvarez is a young man in the tiny grape-growing village of Santa Eulália, in Northern Spain, where his father grows black grapes that are turned into cheap vinegar. In Madrid, an assassination plot creates a storm of intrigue that sucks into its vortex a group of innocent young farm workers in Santa Eulália.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inspiring, true to life
- De Cody W. en 12-18-20
De: Noah Gordon
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The Wife's Tale
- A Personal History
- De: Aida Edemariam
- Narrado por: Adjoa Andoh
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 30
In this indelible memoir of the life of her remarkable 95-year-old grandmother, Guardian journalist Aida Edemariam tells the story of modern Ethiopia - a nation that underwent a tumultuous transformation from feudalism to monarchy to Marxist revolution to democracy, over the course of one century. Filled with a vivid cast of characters - emperors and empresses, priests and scholars, monks and nuns, archbishops and slaves, Marxist revolutionaries and wartime double agents - The Wife's Tale introduces a woman both imperious and vulnerable.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Look At Ethiopia
- De Jean en 07-15-18
De: Aida Edemariam
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The Garden of Evening Mists
- De: Tan Twan Eng
- Narrado por: Anna Bentinck
- Duración: 15 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 766
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 674
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 677
Malaya, 1951. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed tea plantations of Cameron Highlands. There she discovers Yugiri, the only Japanese garden in Malaya, and its owner and creator, the enigmatic Aritomo, exiled former gardener of the emperor of Japan. Despite her hatred of the Japanese, Yun Ling seeks to engage Aritomo to create a garden in memory of her sister, who died in the camp.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best
- De Susan Gardner Bowers en 03-11-13
De: Tan Twan Eng
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To Live
- A Novel
- De: Yu Hua, Michael Berry
- Narrado por: David Shih
- Duración: 8 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 74
This searing novel, originally banned in China but later named one of that nation's most influential books, portrays one man's transformation from the spoiled son of a landlord to a kindhearted peasant. After squandering his family's fortune in gambling dens and brothels, the young, deeply penitent Fugui settles down to do the honest work of a farmer. Forced by the Nationalist Army to leave behind his family, he witnesses the horrors and privations of the Civil War, only to return years later to face a string of hardships brought on by the ravages of the Cultural Revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow!
- De Phillip King en 05-30-18
De: Yu Hua, y otros
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The Hundred-Year Walk
- An Armenian Odyssey
- De: Dawn Anahid MacKeen
- Narrado por: Neil Shah, Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 101
In the heart of the Ottoman Empire as World War I rages, Stepan Miskjian's world becomes undone. He is separated from his family as they are swept up in the government's mass deportation of Armenians into internment camps. Gradually realizing the unthinkable - that they are all being driven to their deaths - he fights, through starvation and thirst, not to lose hope.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Everything a memoir should be. You will enjoy it!
- De Jakk en 02-19-18
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The Seamstress
- De: Sara Tuvel Bernstein, Louise Loots Thornton, Marlene Bernstein Samuels
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 12 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,827
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,660
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,649
Told with the same old-fashioned narrative power as the novels of Herman Wouk, The Seamstress is the true story of Seren (Sara) Tuvel Bernstein and her survival during wartime. This powerful eyewitness account of survival, told with power and grace, will stay with listeners for years to come.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Overcome with Emotion
- De Meryl en 05-16-13
De: Sara Tuvel Bernstein, y otros
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The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
- A Novel
- De: Jan-Philipp Sendker
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,307
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,016
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,030
When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be - until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago to a Burmese woman they have never heard of. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her father’s past, Julia decides to travel to the village where the woman lived. There she uncovers a tale of unimaginable hardship, resilience, and passion that will reaffirm the listener’s belief in the power of love to move mountains.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Basic Story Interesting, But...
- De Monica en 06-04-13
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Guests of the Sheik
- An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village
- De: Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 11 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56
A delightful, well-written, and vastly informative ethnographic study, this is an account of Elizabeth Warnock Fernea's two-year stay in a tiny rural village in Iraq, where she assumed the dress and sheltered life of a harem woman. This volume gives a unique insight into a part of the Midddle Eastern life seldom seen by the West.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unforgettable
- De Avalon en 01-05-18
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Women of the Silk
- A Novel
- De: Gail Tsukiyama
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 10 h y 6 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 50
In Women of the Silk, Gail Tsukiyama takes listeners back to rural China in 1926, where a group of women forge a sisterhood amid the reeling machines that reverberate and clamor in a vast silk factory from dawn to dusk. Leading the first strike the village has ever seen, the young women use the strength of their ambition, dreams, and friendship to achieve the freedom they could never have hoped for on their own.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely terrible narration
- De Anonymous User en 01-26-25
De: Gail Tsukiyama
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Green City in the Sun
- De: Barbara Wood
- Narrado por: Edie Tusor
- Duración: 27 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
In 1917 Dr. Grace Treverton arrives in Kenya determined to bring modern medicine to the African natives. Her brother, Sir Valentine Treverton, has his own dream for the British protectorate: to establish an agricultural empire to rival any in England. The aspirations of the wealthy Trevertons collide with those of the Mathenge tribe, an African family that has lived on the land for years. Grace soon finds a deadly rival in Mama Wachera, an African medicine woman who fights to maintain native traditions against the encroaching whites.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully written
- De nancy wanty en 12-18-23
De: Barbara Wood
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Doctor Zhivago
- De: Boris Pasternak, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator, Richard Pevear - translator
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 23 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 759
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 650
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 646
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of its original publication, here is a new translation of the classic story of the life and loves of a poet/physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Taking his family from Moscow to what he hopes will be shelter in the Ural Mountains, Zhivago finds himself instead embroiled in the battle between the Whites and the Reds. Set against this backdrop of cruelty and strife is Zhivago’s love for the tender and beautiful Lara.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Russian Philosophical Feast
- De Syd Young en 02-16-13
De: Boris Pasternak, y otros
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The Places in Between
- De: Rory Stewart
- Narrado por: Rory Stewart
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 631
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 323
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 324
In January 2002, Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan, surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day, he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban, and communities thriving amid the remains of medieval civilizations. By night he slept on villagers' floors, shared their meals, and listened to their stories of the recent and ancient past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Brilliant Work of Nonfiction
- De Kimberlee Joos en 01-26-07
De: Rory Stewart
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The Glass Palace
- De: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 17 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 694
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 528
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 526
Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this masterly novel by Amitav Ghosh tells the story of Rajkumar, a poor boy lifted on the tides of political and social chaos, who goes on to create an empire in the Burmese teak forest. When soldiers force the royal family out of the Glass Palace and into exile, Rajkumar befriends Dolly, a young woman in the court of the Burmese Queen, whose love will shape his life. He cannot forget her, and years later, as a rich man, he goes in search of her.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I struggled to finish... enough said.
- De Ty en 05-02-10
De: Amitav Ghosh
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Across Many Mountains
- A Tibetan Family's Epic Journey from Oppression to Freedom
- De: Yangzom Brauen
- Narrado por: Yangzom Brauen
- Duración: 9 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
A powerful, emotional memoir and an extraordinary portrait of three generations of Tibetan women whose lives are forever changed when Chairman Mao’s Red Army crushes Tibetan independence, sending a young mother and her six-year-old daughter on a treacherous journey across the snowy Himalayas toward freedom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent all around!
- De Lynn en 09-06-12
De: Yangzom Brauen
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Flame Tree Road
- De: Shona Patel
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
India, 1870s. In a tiny village where society is ruled by a caste system and women are defined solely by marriage, young Biren Roy dreams of forging a new destiny. When his mother suffers the fate of widowhood - shunned by her loved ones and forced to live in solitary penance - Biren devotes his life to effecting change.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riveting Love Story
- De Granny en 01-15-20
De: Shona Patel
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The Women in the Castle
- De: Jessica Shattuck
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 12 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,106
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,700
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3,694
Set at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of German high society, a powerful and propulsive story of three widows whose lives and fates become intertwined - an affecting, shocking, and ultimately redemptive novel from the author of the New York Times notable book The Hazards of Good Breeding.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Skating On The Thin Ice Of Life
- De Sara en 04-29-17
De: Jessica Shattuck
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
- A Memoir of Africa
- De: Peter Godwin
- Narrado por: Peter Godwin
- Duración: 12 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 83
After his father's heart attack in 1984, Peter Godwin began a series of pilgrimages back to Zimbabwe, the land of his birth, from Manhattan, where he now lives. On these frequent visits to check on his elderly parents, he bore witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downward into the jaws of violent chaos, presided over by an increasingly enraged dictator. And yet long after their comfortable lifestyle had been shattered and millions were fleeing, his parents refuse to leave, steadfast in their allegiance to the failed state that has been their adopted home for 50 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth the listen.
- De SEE en 09-06-21
De: Peter Godwin
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Lenin's Kisses
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución4 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 09-17-20
Pinyin pronunciation
It’d be perfect if performer would read Chinese words according to pinyin system pronunciation. Thank you!
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